Example sentences of "[noun sg] then [vb past] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She parked the hired Audi Coupe in front of the wire fence then reached into the back for the holdall containing the Geiger-Muller counter which she had managed to buy after numerous telephone calls to a succession of Lausanne retailers . |
| 2 | The Committee then looked at the approach taken in Victoria , Australia , where the relevant statute lists special factors which will convert an indecent assault into an aggravated one . |
| 3 | The sleigh was piled high with presents donated by the Variety Club , which he and the Princess then took into the hospital and distributed to the children inside . |
| 4 | John Wells parked the vehicle then went to an auction in another car . |
| 5 | It was over in a second , Barnett cannoned off the flattened front of the vehicle then tumbled down the road coming to rest in an inert heap . |
| 6 | The vehicle then careered across the road , down a 4ft embankment and stopped on the beach . |
| 7 | Puree the potatoes through a sieve then beat in the butter , salt and pepper until the mixture looks creamy . |
| 8 | The site then consisted of a grist and two fulling mills . |
| 9 | One who had followed the King 's army from London to Coventry was ‘ taken by the soldiers , and first led about the city then set in a pillory , after in a cage then ducked in a river , and at last banished the city ’ . |
| 10 | The business then came under the banner of C&P and results for 1987 slashed the deficit to £4m with sales of £858m . |
| 11 | It was an ignominious failure — the plane left the runway then crashed into a ball of flames . |
| 12 | The leading masquer then stood on the dais , whilst a herald challenged anyone in the hall to play this strange man at dice . |
| 13 | In her own room , she doubled-locked the door then stumbled to the bed , sinking down on it , her face white . |
| 14 | The notes hovered in the still air as he played a lament then errupted into a dance rhythm . |
| 15 | After it was extinguished by ground staff , a furious row then ensued between the referee and our lads . |
| 16 | Barak scratched his stubbled chin then sat on the edge of the sofa . |
| 17 | It struggled for a moment on the floor then vanished into a crevice behind a tile . |
| 18 | The church then came to the Order of the Shod Carmelites who built a monastery and rebuilt the church from 1723–38 . |
| 19 | Dyson then went about the task of enlisting support for the organisation , a process which was successful , as can be seen from the thirty-three signatories ( including Lord Attlee , the Bishops of Birmingham and Exeter , Isaiah Berlin , Julian Huxley , Bertrand Russell ) to the letter that appeared in The Times in March 1958 . |
| 20 | The Express then spoke to the doctor . |
| 21 | Members of the board then went to the organisation headquarters to reassure the staff — there are now 35 working on the project — that the Games would go ahead . |
| 22 | The truck then ploughed into the crowd . |
| 23 | The Brewery then consisted of a copper , a kieve , a mill , two malthouses , stables for 12 horses and a loft to hold 2000 tons of hay . |
| 24 | The chairman then went to the extent of scrapping every committee , and having three full council meetings a week , on the grounds that every member should consider every issue . |
| 25 | Damian dragged Rachel to the Mercedes , thrust her in the front sea , got in beside her , started the engine with a roar and crunched the gears as he did an angry U-turn then roared up the drive with a screech of tyres . |
| 26 | The doctor then went to the magistrate and swore on oath that he would probably die if sent to prison . |
| 27 | Following this , and usually beginning with ‘ How did you get into smack in the first place ? ’ , the interviewer then proceeded through a list of questions to be answered , not in any ordered fashion , but in a conversational manner allowing the respondent to move in whichever direction he or she wanted . |
| 28 | The slim , ‘ Spanish-looking ’ raider then broke into the home of the next-door neighbour , on the estate in Goodmayes , Essex . |
| 29 | She turned right into the High Street then jumped from the cycle and began pushing it up an alleyway on her left which led into the stables cum car park at the rear of the Berkeley Chase Hotel . |
| 30 | Beth Shepherd set the two bags down on the kitchen table then went to the garden door and undid the top catch . |